The only teams that played last night who also play tonight are Chicago and Montreal, which is a stark contrast to last when 16 teams did so. With the Habs on the road and heading to face a Dallas team that can explode offensively, it could be a long night for the Canadiens.
The biggest favorites are the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers. Beyond them, no team is favored more than (-145) tonight. That means there are a couple of obvious targets for goalies and GPPs, but a lot of freedom after that. It makes for a night were DFSers can be a bit creative with their lineups.
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Players will be in order of perceived value, by position, and there should be enough to mix-and-match for each type of game available on Draft Kings. Some positions might only have a few plays, some might have several. It all depends on the day, the matchups, and the price.
Remember: players are in order of value, not necessarily in cost. Just because Sidney Crosby is $8000 one day doesn’t mean he’s a better value than Andrew Shaw at $4000.
Cash Games
| Centre | Wing | Defense | Goalie |
| Spezza (DAL) – $5400 | Benn (DAL) – $6500 | Campbell (FLA) – $3300 | Luongo (FLA) – $7700 |
| Stamkos (TBL) – $9200 | Connolly (TBL) – $3200 | Demers (DAL) – $3300 | Bishop (TBL) – $8700 |
| Sedin (VAN) – $4100 | Nyquist (DET) – $5000 | Stralman (TBL) – $3100 | Lehtonen (DAL) – $7500 |
| Bjugstad (FLA) – $5000 | Killorn (TBL) – $4100 | Bieksa (VAN) – $3800 | |
| Thornton (SJS) – $4600 | Marchand (BOS) – $4500 | ||
| Soderberg (BOS) – $4400 | Vrbata (ARI) – $6200 | ||
| Bergeron (BOS) – $5800 | Cole (DAL) – $3200 | ||
| Zetterberg (DET) – $5700 | Fleischmann (FLA) – $3500 | ||
- Tampa Bay and Dallas should be anchors of cash game lineups tonight. They both have good matchups, Tampa Bay more than Dallas.
- Boston is close to being a team to anchor with, but I worry a lot about lineup blending with that team.
- Note that Erik Cole was skating on the second line at this morning’s skate for Dallas.
- I will be hard-pressed to use a goalie other than Roberto Luongo in every cash game today.
Guaranteed Prize Pools/Tournaments
| Centre | Wing | Defense | Goalie |
| Stamkos (TBL) – $9200 | Connolly (TBL) – $3200 | Hedman (TBL) – $5100 | Rinne (NSH) – $8200 |
| Filppula (TBL) – $4300 | Callahan (TBL) – $6000 | Klingberg (DAL) – $4000 | Ramo (CGY) – $8400 |
| Spezza (DAL) – $5400 | Benn (DAL) – $6500 | Trotman (BOS) – $2500 | |
| Sceviour (DAL) – $2900 | Cole (DAL) – $3200 | Stralman (TBL) – $3100 | |
| Soderberg (BOS) – $4400 | Eriksson (BOS) – $4000 | Campbell (FLA) – $3300 | |
| Bjugstad (FLA) – $5000 | Huberdeau (FLA) – $4300 | ||
| Sedin (VAN) – $4100 | Vrbata (VAN) – $6200 | ||
- Tampa Bay, like cash games, could be a very good pillar for GPPs. There are any number of ways DFSers could expose themselves to that game.
- Picking on Dallas is like Tampa Bay. It’s either go with the big guns (which includes the unmentioned Seguin), or expose through ancillary players like Sceviour and Cole.
- It might not be a bad night to spend a bit extra on GPP defencemen. Hedman’s price has dropped, as has Klingberg’s.
- I like Rinne a lot tonight for a GPP goalie.
Slim’s Pickins (bargain plays)
Cedric Paquette (TBL-C, $2500) – Has found his way to the third line with Val Filppula and Brett Connolly.
Tom Wilson (WSH-W, $2900) – Still on Washington’s top line.
Jakub Kindl (DET-D, $2600) – Running Detroit’s second power play unit, which includes the trio of Tatar-Datsyuk-Weiss.
Good luck!
